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En la década de 1980, Dick Eussen trabajaba como jefe de un equipo de bomberos en el Parque Nacional de Kakadu, en el norte de Australia. Un día trataban de impedir que un incendio de pastizal cruzara una carretera cuando apareció un nuevo foco al otro lado. Eussen se acercó para apagarlo y entonces vio pasar frente a él a un milano silbador. Entre las garras llevaba una rama humeante. El ave dejó caer el palo sobre la hierba seca y empezó a salir humo.
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Viena, 28 oct (Prensa Latina) El tenista ruso Daniil Medvédev, tercer cabeza de serie, siguió hoy con su accionar indetenible en el Abierto de Viena, tras doblegar al español Daniel Mérida en los octavos de final por 7-6 (7/5) y 6-1.
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Meghan torna ai fornelli, torna in Australia e diventa la nuova giudice dell’edizione Junior di Masterchef. La rete di Melbourne, Canale 10, lo ha confermato ufficialmente dopo che i tabloid britannici avevano rivelato che i duchi del Sussex hanno lasciato il Regno Unito per una vacanza. In Inghilterra la settimana di fine ottobre vede le scuole chiuse per “Half Term” e come tante famiglie (che se lo possono permettere), anche i Sussex hanno preso il volo per una pausa dalla quotidianità.
Questa volta sono partiti tutti insieme, non è invece chiaro se i tempi necessari per le registrazioni del programma, in Australia, porteranno Meghan ad essere seguita anche dai figli che stanno frequentando le scuole nel Cotswolds, dove la famiglia si è trasferita sine die. Masterchef Junior verrà registrato e trasmesso nel 2027 e la Markle è stata presentata come una “special guest”, accanto a Poh Ling Yeow, giudice ufficiale anche nell’edizione dove a sfidarsi in cucina sono gli adulti. “Non vedo l’ora” ha fatto sapere Meghan che, grazie alla sua apparizione nella serie uscita a luglio, ha fatto registrare un picco di ascolti inedito per lo show dal 2023.
Lo scorso aprile, durante il simil-royal-tour intrapreso dalla coppia in Australia, la produzione aveva approfittato della loro presenza per annunciare la partecipazione della ex attrice ad un episodio che fu registrato proprio in quei giorni e nel quale anche Harry concesse un cameo prestandosi ad una videochiamata avvenuta durante le riprese dell’episodio. Un membro della produzione arrivava con il cellulare per passarlo alla Markle mentre dall’altro capo c’era Harry, in primo piano col faccione sorridente ed un “Ciao amore mio”. Secondo le ricostruzioni della Bbc, Meghan non sarebbe stata pagata per quella prima apparizione, ma non è detto che non lo sia questa volta.Ciò che è invece già chiara è la gioia espressa attraverso un comunicato nel quale lei stessa ha spiegato quanto ami cucinare insieme ai suoi due figli, Archie e Lilibet e per questo, “vedere ciò che queste piccole star creano in cucina – ha aggiunto – sarà molto divertente”.
Probabilmente molto di più di quanto non sia stato per gli spettatori di Netflix seguire le sue, di imprese ai fornelli, dato lo scarso successo ottenuto dalla serie With Love Meghan che, dopo la curiosità e le critiche generate dai primi episodi, è crollata sul fondo degli indici di ascolto della piattaforma, che non ha più dato seguito all’esperimento. Il suo rapporto con Netflix si è chiuso lo scorso marzo, lasciando solo uno spazio di valutazione per eventuali progetti futuri.
Meghan oggi spera che questa buona notizia possa far dimenticare i guai generati dalla recente inchiesta aperta a carico del padre, Thomas Markle, accusato di pedofilia. La vicenda ha aperto anche una riflessione nel Regno Unito, che si sta domandando se la immagine pubblica della donna, che si è portata via il principe Harry, possa risentire degli effetti di questo scandalo. Meghan ha interrotto i rapporti con il padre prima di sposarsi e ha dichiarato di essere a conoscenza delle accuse nei confronti dell’uomo da anni. Lo sapeva dal 2018, ha scritto in un primo comunicato poi aggiustato in linea con le informazioni della polizia, adducendo la confusione al fatto di non avere preso nota precisa su un diario. Thomas Markle, accusato di essere in possesso di materiale pedopornografico dal figlio Thomas junior ha sempre respinto le accuse.
L'articolo Meghan Markle è la nuova giudice di Junior di Masterchef Australia: “Non vedo l’ora, vedere ciò che queste piccole star creano in cucina sarà molto divertente” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Canberra, 28 oct (Prensa Latina) El Tribunal Federal de Australia impuso hoy una multa de 183 millones de dólares al mayor operador de casinos del país por incumplir las leyes contra el blanqueo de capitales y la financiación del terrorismo.
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The EU plans ‘massive’ investment in Australia’s critical minerals sector as it seeks to make Canberra a major partner in reducing the bloc’s current reliance on China.
“Since we wish to diversify away from China, then one of the most likely partners has to be Australia,” said the EU’s ambassador to Australia, Lawrence Meredith, who added that the bloc’s security and defence partnership, agreed with Canberra earlier this year, also relies on co-operation on critical minerals.
Speaking at the International Mining and Resources Conference in Sydney on Tuesday (27 October) Meredith said that the bloc would be “massively investing in critical minerals.”
EU and Australian trade officials are currently working on a bilateral trade agreement, with a view to concluding negotiations in early 2027, and a Memorandum of Understanding on critical minerals access is set to be part of it.
Australian officials appear eager to partner with the EU.
On Tuesday, Australia’s resources minister Madeline King said that it would revamp its own critical minerals strategy to put greater emphasis on refining and processing in an attempt to curb China’s dominance.
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Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! It's a great day to pour a Miller Lite out.
Let's talk about the NFL invasion of Australia and, soon, Japan. Is it the real deal or is something else at play? Then we'll close with the results of our reader survey about the World Series.
Someone made a site that tracks what people are talking about at public city council meetings across the US.
The only thing discussed more than data centers?
Pickleball courts. pic.twitter.com/qyda81Tw1W
— Turner Novak
(@TurnerNovak) October 26, 2026
Football in Europe is one thing—football in East Asia and Australia is another.
After the NFL played its first regular season game in Australia in Week 1, Commissioner Roger Goodell now says the league may double-down on working its way into East Asia and Australia. "Tokyo is clearly on our list, whether it's next year or the year after," Goodell told NFL Daily. "It's coming at some point in the near future." Another league administrator said they're considering a 10th international game next year, up from nine this year. The idea, one might think, is that by playing a game in Australia, Japan, or any other country, people with a tepid interest in the NFL become swarms of dedicated fans.
It won't work—at least not in the Eastern Hemisphere. The league is much too dedicated to the Eastern Time Zone for it to work. Consider the NFL's main kickoff times (the end of daylight saving time will soon alter these slightly).
Thursday Night Football: 8:15 p.m. Eastern, 9:15 a.m. Friday in Tokyo, 11:15 a.m. Friday in Sydney.
Sunday early afternoon: 1 p.m. Eastern, 2 a.m. Monday in Tokyo, 4 a.m. in Sydney.
Sunday late afternoon: 4:25 p.m. Eastern, 5:25 a.m. Monday in Tokyo, 7:25 a.m. in Sydney.
Sunday Night Football: 8:20 p.m. Eastern, 9:20 a.m. Monday in Tokyo, 11:20 a.m. in Sydney.
And so on for Monday Night Football.
Even the Super Bowl, the league's biggest event that we're always told is watched by millions of people in every country around the world, kicks off around 6:30 p.m. Eastern. That's 8:30 a.m. on Monday morning workday in Tokyo and 9:30 a.m. in Sydney. You'd have to be an American expat or an extremely dedicated foreign fan to watch—they exist, to be sure, but they're notable because they're a rarity (like my man @KoreaPistonsFan).
This is not like how American sports fans wake up on a weekend morning with nothing else going on and tune into European soccer matches—the NFL is hoping people will wake up in the middle of the night for an East Coast afternoon game, or tune in during their workdays for what we in the U.S. would consider a primetime matchup. (In Japan, watching every week appears to require an expensive subscription, whereas Australians at least seem to bundle many of the games into other packages like Disney+.)
Ask yourself: Are you frequently waking up at odd hours to watch the Australian Football League or J1 League soccer? Are you watching your favorite sports team in the middle of the workday? OK fine, if you work a flexible desk job like me, you might be tuning in for your baseball team's day games or throwing a golf major on your second screen. When I posted about this on X, people angrily responded that Japanese fans routinely watch baseball during the day—OK, fine, call me when the NFL gets its Shohei Ohtani.
But I'm not getting up at 2 a.m. to willingly start watching a sporting event, unless I'm studying abroad in London and the Tigers are in the playoffs for the second time in my life. While I don't miss a Formula 1 race, when they're on in the middle of the night I watch the next day—sometimes, but not always, without seeing any spoilers online.
The NFL will almost certainly sell out a game in Tokyo, but tickets aren't where the real money comes from, it's TV revenue they're chasing. That, and the 8:35 p.m. Eastern kickoff time for this season's Australia game (10:35 a.m. local, Friday), tell you who the real audience is.
It's you, my humble American friends.
The novelty of games in London and Germany is wearing off. The NFL thinks it can throw a game in Japan, sell it to Netflix for $100+ million, and then, most importantly, put it in primetime for the American East Coast.
The NFL might be hoping their football games in Australia and, soon, Japan, will create broader interest from those countries. What they're almost certainly more interested in is getting U.S. fans to watch another primetime game that the league can make hundreds of millions of dollars from in TV rights.
A lot of you must be pretty pleased with how baseball is going. About 70 percent of you said you're rooting for the Milwaukee Brewers, who now have a 3–0 lead in the World Series after battering the Tampa Bay Rays 10–1 on Monday night.
I, for one, am also rooting for the Brewers but had at least hoped for the teams to make it a little more interesting (at least Game 1 and Game 2 were close!). Both teams have managed to find pretty consistent success in recent seasons and "deserve" to be here, despite both being in fairly small markets and often up against more well-funded divisional opposition. Both, unfortunately, play in stadiums that are for some reason fully or partially owned by local government. But the Brewers, unlike the Rays, have good vibes, a great color scheme (I'm a sucker for navy–yellow/gold), and a strong fan base that deserves happiness.
The survey answers behind the Brewers were wide-ranging, from "The beer and cheese are better!" to "Beer. The answer is always beer." (Shoutout to whoever said "Channeling my inner Sarah Palin, I can see Milwaukee across Lake Michigan from my house in Grand Haven.") Several more said they are from Milwaukee, are from the Midwest, are just glad the Brewers beat the Dodgers, or think a "northern" team should win. A couple Red Sox fans chimed in to say they just hate the Rays.
The Rays, to be fair, might be seen as less objectionable because they have fewer fans to annoy everyone else with their success. No one, I assume, is climbing any street poles to celebrate if the Rays win the World Series (we may never know!). But we did get a few Tampa locals to chime in, and a couple Brewers haters, and one person who I sympathize with: "I have a dear friend who has been a Tampa Bay fan since the very beginning. She deserves a victory." Seems like she will be waiting at least one year longer.
The Brewers seem almost certain to be World Series champions going into what will likely be a brutal MLB lockout. Let us hope there are no games lost—any 2027 World Series champion is better than no champion, or season, at all.
Keep your eye on No. 5 car. Drivers don't usually go from 1st to 11th to 1st all in the span of one lap! (And since everyone turned out all right, you can also enjoy the carnage of this big crash.)
HOW DID KYLE LARSON PULL THIS OFF?!?! pic.twitter.com/nVhlg7JylD
— Rubbin is Racing (@rubbinisracing) October 25, 2026
That's all for this week. Enjoy watching the real game of the week while you skip the school Halloween party—it's Glendale at Salt River in the Arizona Fall League on Friday at 4:30 p.m. Eastern, where you can watch MLB test out a crazy new outfield rule.
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Canberra, 27 oct (Prensa Latina) La Dirección Australiana de Señales (ASD) informó hoy que registró mil 524 incidentes de ciberseguridad en 2025-2026 en este país oceánico, un aumento del 21,6 por ciento respecto al año anterior.
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From beaches to old-growth forests, wind farms are destroying the environment in the name of saving it, says Sandra Bourke. Greens are turning their backs as reckless renewables industrialise the natural world.
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RT | October 24, 2026
The Pentagon has designated cultural programs linked to China’s Confucius Institute as a national security threat, according to US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. He claims that the centers, which largely offer Chinese language courses on American college and university campuses, serve as a front for Beijing’s “propaganda” campaign – an allegation Chinese officials have previously denied.
In a video posted on Facebook on Friday, Hegseth said that while the US Congress had previously “banned” the Confucius Institutes from American educational institutions, they “came back disguised in new forms” and under new names.
Hegseth was apparently referring to several measures passed by Congress in recent years that stripped universities that hosted Confucius Institutes of federal funding. The pressure from the lawmakers has led to the closure of multiple centers on US soil.
According to Hegseth, over the past two months, the Department of War has “systematically dismantled” 80 new Chinese-backed cultural centers across 30 universities, adding “these sleeper organizations to our list of institutions that threaten our national security.”
The official alleged that the targeted entities had sought to “steal intellectual property and to infiltrate the minds of American students,” but stopped short of providing any concrete evidence.
Back in 2020, the US Department of State designated Confucius Institutes as a “foreign mission of the People’s Republic of China,” requiring the institutions to regularly provide information regarding their Chinese personnel, recruitment, funding, and operations to the US government. The US Department of State characterized the China-funded cultural centers as “part of Beijing’s multifaceted propaganda efforts.”
Later that year, then-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alleged that the centers were working to recruit “spies and collaborators” at US colleges, and expressed hope that “we will get them all closed out.”
China’s Foreign Ministry at the time accused Pompeo of deliberately undermining cultural and educational exchanges “by discrediting Confucius Institutes… [out of] ideological bias and political expediency.”
Beijing urged Washington to “abandon the Cold War zero-sum mentality… [and to] stop interfering with normal people-to-people and cultural exchanges.”
Confucius Institutes have similarly come under government pressure in several other Western countries in recent years.
Last year, Australian media reported that six local universities had shut down Beijing-backed cultural centers amid government scrutiny, reducing the number of such entities in the country by half.
In 2020, several media outlets, including The Times, claimed that Sweden had become the first European nation to close all Confucius Institutes and related classrooms.
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